Serving you

To paraphrase the legendary Agudath Israel of America chairman Rabbi Moshe Sherer z”l, activism on behalf of Orthodox Jewry must focus as much upon the needs of “Reb Yisroel” – the individual Jew – as it does upon broader community.
Through assisting and empowering individual members of our communities, Agudath Israel of America serves as a powerful positive influence upon individuals, families and communities every day. learn more

To paraphrase the legendary Agudath Israel of America chairman Rabbi Moshe Sherer z”l, activism on behalf of Orthodox Jewry must focus as much upon the needs of “Reb Yisroel” – the individual Jew – as it does upon broader community.
Through assisting and empowering individual members of our communities, Agudath Israel of America learn more

To paraphrase the legendary Agudath Israel of America chairman Rabbi Moshe Sherer z”l, activism on behalf of Orthodox Jewry must focus as much upon the needs of “Reb Yisroel” – the individual Jew – as it does upon broader community.
Through assisting learn more

Serving your family

Every Jewish family should be permeated with warmth, spirituality and optimism. Agudath Israel of America offers various programs to help both parents and children make their family life as ideal and constructive as can be.
Whether improving children’s formative years, their parents’ financial stability, or their grandparents’ experience during a terminal illness, Agudath Israel of America has designed various programs to brighten the entire picture. learn more

Every Jewish family should be permeated with warmth, spirituality and optimism. Agudath Israel of America offers various programs to help both parents and children make their family life as ideal and constructive as can be.
Whether improving children’s formative years, their parents’ financial stability, or their grandparents’ experience during a learn more

Every Jewish family should be permeated with warmth, spirituality and optimism. Agudath Israel of America offers various programs to help both parents and children make their family life as ideal and constructive as can be.
Whether improving children’s formative years, the learn more

Serving your community

Throughout history, Jewish communities have thrived due to a unique cohesiveness and burden sharing, and powerful institutions at their core. Agudath Israel of America is dedicated toward strengthening the ingredients that make our communities work well for all their members.
By empowering community rabbis, leaders of educational institutions and activists in the halls of government power, community members have a solid foundation upon which to build their dream family and religious life learn more

Throughout history, Jewish communities have thrived due to a unique cohesiveness and burden sharing, and powerful institutions at their core. Agudath Israel of America is dedicated toward strengthening the ingredients that make our communities work well for all their members.
By empowering community rabbis, leaders of educational institutions and act learn more

Throughout history, Jewish communities have thrived due to a unique cohesiveness and burden sharing, and powerful institutions at their core. Agudath Israel of America is dedicated toward strengthening the ingredients that make our communities work well for all their members.
learn more

Government Advocacy

Government Advocacy

Inspiration in the Big Easy

As advocates of school choice and representatives of Jewish day school families, my colleagues and I often find ourselves in statehouses and involved in education policy discussions. However, whenever I’m traveling around the country, I try to make a point of visiting the local Jewish schools to see the real world effect of those policies. This week, I found myself in New Orleans for a conference, but managed to get away for a bit to visit the Torah Academy of New Orleans. The school, which is finally back to its pre-Katrina numbers and growing, accepts students from all socioeconomic backgrounds and is participating in both of Louisiana’s private school choice programs. Together with Jason Bedrick of EdChoice, I got the chance to meet the hardworking and dedicated teachers and administrators of this beautiful and inspiring school.

Of course, not everything we do is related to education.

The New York City Council awarded several grants to Agudath Israel Community Services to help serve its constituents (see here) and Agudath Israel of Illinois celebrated the signing of a bill that will help the Chicago community’s volunteer EMS service Hatzalah.

If you haven’t done so yet, please take a moment to look at our action alert, and ask Congress to maintain the current funding level of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program which is being threatened by a 40% cut. Also, if you have the opportunity to meet with your member of Congress when they are home for the August recess, please make sure to bring up this important issue.

In Cleveland, Rabbi Yitz Frank and a group of Agudath Israel of Ohio board members and community leaders met with State Senator Matt Huffman this week. Now is the time to meet with candidates and elected officials as they are in their home districts during the summer and in many cases gearing up for the upcoming elections and interested in meeting with constituents. Please reach out to me or your state’s Agudah director if you will be meeting with elected officials and you want to know what issues to bring up.